classroomvision

What would be essential tools in the 21st century classroom?

K-5

Hardware to Purchase

Essential Digital Cameras USB Microphone USB Video Camera like the Flip Video Projector Laptop for Teacher Printer Workstations for Students 4-1 ratio to start shared laptop cart Non-essential but important Interactive White Board Document Camera

Software to Purchase Drawing Program Recommendations by Janice KidPix3 by McKiev for Macintosh KidPix 4 by Learning Company for Windows Recommendations by Teri Pixie Graphic Organizer Tool Recomendations Kidspiration - Grades K-5 Inspiration - Not necessary - but powerful tool for grades 4-5

Subscription Software to Purchase Video Streaming UnitedStreaming (Expensive but extensive) California Streaming (affordable and growing - but not as much choice) Safari Montage (affordable - but housed at school site - no access outside of school

Services and other purchase expenses Professional development time to play purposefully, to share best practices, and to collaborate to focus on essential standards and how they will be addressed using technology technology support If a full time TA can not be budgeted, at least one to share with another school is essential.

Software supplied or free to download Office Suite - (Microsoft) comes with computers purchased through LAUSD Audio Recording/Podcast software GarageBand for Mac - Also useful for creating music Audacity - free open source, cross platform - audio only Video editing (digital storytelling) iMovie for Mac MovieMaker for Windows Photo Editing iPhoto/Preview for Mac Picasa for Windows (free download) Digital Storytelling with images, sound iPhoto/Garageband for Mac Photostory 3 for Windows *Janice's opinion - the Mac suite of software is outstanding because all applications work together.

Web 2.0 Resources to Use for Free Digital Storytelling VoiceThread Bubbleshare Podcasting Podcast People Libsyn (for fee) e-Portfolio software LAUSD MyMail apps - which include Google Docs as part of Google Apps for Education Weblogs for students ClassBlogmeister 21 Classes Timeline creator Graphic Organizer software Video-Conferencing Skype - need a web-cam - comes built in on all Macs and some Windows machines) Map/Globe software Google Earth

Other free (or supplied) web resources Keyboarding software Interactive websites in various content areas Digital Library